LAKE CITY, MINNESOTA — An 81-year-old man is facing multiple attempted murder and assault charges after authorities say he opened fire near a Subway restaurant, shooting the shop’s owner during a long-running dispute over property boundaries in this Mississippi River town. Gunfire Erupts Near Subway Restaurant According to a criminal complaint cited by local authorities,…
NORTHEAST — A narrow but fast-moving band of snow is expected to sweep across Connecticut, Rhode Island, southeastern Massachusetts, and Long Island tonight into early Sunday morning, bringing a widespread 1–3 inches of accumulation, with pockets reaching 3–6 inches in coastal areas. Updated snowfall maps released late Saturday show a sharp gradient across the region,…
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA, AND WEST VIRGINIA — A fast-developing winter system is producing a growing shield of snow across the Mid-Atlantic tonight, with expanding heavy bands now stretching from central Maryland into southern Pennsylvania, northern Virginia, and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. Doppler radar at 10 PM shows widespread light to moderate snow, with…
MARYLAND — A rapidly developing burst of heavy precipitation is moving across Central Maryland and southern Pennsylvania tonight, with Doppler radar already showing strengthening snow bands from Frederick to Baltimore and along the I-95 corridor. Forecasters warn that the heaviest snowfall has not yet arrived, and conditions are expected to deteriorate quickly over the next…
ALABAMA — The latest 8–14 Day Temperature Outlook, released by the Climate Prediction Center (CPC), shows that Christmas week will bring unusually warm conditions across Alabama, marking a dramatic shift from the bitter Arctic air set to reach the Deep South beforehand. Forecast models indicate that high temperatures in Alabama are likely to reach the…
PENNSYLVANIA — A newly released national biodiversity map highlights a striking divide in tree species richness across the United States, revealing that Pennsylvania and much of the eastern half of the country rank dramatically higher in tree diversity compared to the West. The analysis, based on range maps of 641 tree species, shows that portions…
MARYLAND — A fast-moving winter system is expected to bring accumulating snow overnight across Maryland and the Washington, D.C. metro region, with last-minute forecast updates now showing higher totals than originally predicted. New model trends have expanded the 1–2 inch zone southwestward while increasing snowfall to 2–4 inches across D.C., Montgomery County, Howard County, Frederick…
CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND, NEW JERSEY, AND LONG ISLAND — A developing coastal storm is on track to bring the Northeast its most significant snowfall of December so far, with forecasts showing widespread 3–6 inch accumulations and the potential for isolated 6–10 inch pockets across the region. The storm will intensify Sunday night into early Tuesday,…
PENNSYLVANIA — The first 10 days of December have delivered one of the coldest openings to the month Pennsylvania has experienced since at least 2010, according to newly analyzed temperature-anomaly maps comparing early-December conditions to the 1991–2020 climate average. Much of the eastern United States has endured an unusually sharp and widespread cold spell, with…
NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES — A strengthening coastal winter storm is set to bring widespread, fast-accumulating snowfall across Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Long Island beginning late Sunday and continuing into Tuesday morning. Forecast models show a sharp snow gradient across southern New England and the Tri-State area, with the most significant snowfall targeting Long…